Saw handle



March 15, 1932. A; DAVIES SAW HANDLE Filed Jul 8, 1951 INVENTOR.

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ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 15, 1932 UNITED STATES HAROLD A. Davies,- on MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA saw HANDLE Application filed July '8, 1931. Serial No, 549,521;

My invention relates to improvements in saw handles of the kind adapted to receive blades of different kinds; and the objects of my invention are to provide a metal handle "5 that will not break readily should it drop a considerable distance such for instance as from one story to another in the construction of buildings, which is a frequent cause of breakage to wooden handles; to provide a i?) handle which can be expeditiously molded,

of such metal as an aluminum alloy preferably by die-casting whereby manufacturing costs are reduced; to provide a handle of light weight and convenient shape, com fort'able to the hand of the user and provided with a fluted rest for the thumb of either a right or left handed user by means of which A a better control of the saw is attained, which is highly desirable when sawing curves; to rovide a ventilatedconstruction which adds eauty to the shape of the handle andsaves metal; to provide simple and elficient means to insert blades of different kinds and hold them securely in place; together with other objects and advantages which may hereafter appear, be pointed out particularly in the claims, and illustrated in the drawings here to attached and made part hereof, in which Figure 1 is a side elevational view with broken-away saw inserted.

Figure 2 is a front elevational view with the saw and clamping means removed.

Figure 3 is a top plan view with the saw removed Figure 4 is a section taken on the line IVIV of Figure 1.

Figure 5 shows the clamping bolt. Similar reference indicia refer to similar parts throughoutthe several views.

tion 11 is suitably rounded and provided with the vertical medial slot 12 to accom modate the tank end of theblades. Said metal.

In carrying out my invention I provide,

portion is provided with'the transverse locking-pin 13 adapted to coact with the clamping-bolt-B and the slot 15 of the saw tohold the saw. in true alinement against vertical pressures, said slot being indicated in dotted lines in Figure 1. The bolt B well shown in Figure 5 has thescreweslot 16, the thread 17 adjacent the underside of the head 18, the plain portion 19 and the end thread 20 adapted to engage the lever-nut 21; the thread 17 being adapted to interengage complemental threads provided in the jaw 22. i

It will be noted that-the front wall 23 of the opening 5 forms agua'rd for the knuckles.

It will be further noted that the opening 6 is bounded by'the arcuatewall 7, the substantially level baseline 24- andthe-semicircular upper line 25 lightened by the cut-away 26' which enhances the appearance and saves 7 v p j 0 I am aware'that the prior'patent art shows handles of this generic type, I therefore do not claim it broadly, but 1 1. As a new article of manufacture, a saw handle comprising a metal casting having a clamping means arranged to hold a saw, a guard wall partly bounding an ellipsoidal opening, an arcuate wall partitioning a ventilating opening from said former opening, a 0 rear member rising from the lower wall of said arcuate opening to form a forwardlyeXtending rib terminating in a saw cleft, a flute on each side said rib, said flutes following the'contour of the ellipsoidal opening substantially halfway of the major axis of said ellipse. I

2. In an article as specified'in claim 1 having a ventilating opening, said opening bei on ing bounded by a substantially level lower outline, a semi-circular upper line and by curved side lines approximately in parallelism. V

3. In an article as specified in claim 1 having a cleft to receive a saw, a clamp means coacting' with a cross bolt and a cross pin to secure alinement and hold the saw in place.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature this 1st day of July, 1931. i

i i HAROLD DAVIES. 

